Geowissenschaften

Advances in X-ray Tomography for Geomaterials

This book brings together a total of 48 contributions (including 5 keynote papers) which were presented at the 2nd International Workshop on the Application of X-ray CT for Geomaterials (GeoX 2006...

Managing Europe's Water Resources

Dr Chad Staddon

Illustrated with case studies which explain key concepts and provide practical examples, this book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to water management issues from a European per...

Hunting Nature's Fury

Roger Hill / Peter Bronski

Mechanics, Structure and Evolution of Fault Zones

<P>Considerable progress has been made recently in quantifying geometrical and physical<BR>properties of fault surfaces and adjacent fractured and granulated damage zones in<BR>a...

Carbonates in Continental Settings

This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organizat...

Climate Crisis

Stefan Rahmstorf

Geohazard-associated Geounits

L. A. Rivard

Originally conceived as a technical manual, but now offering the reader so much more, this timely work deals with various aspects of geohazards - surely an area of growing importance in this world...

Seawater Desalination

<P>A growing proportion of the world’s population is dependent on <STRONG>Seawater Desalination</STRONG> as a source of fresh water for both potable and civil use. One of the m...

Soils, Plants and Clay Minerals

Pierre Velde / Pierre Barré

This book represents a rather complicated history of encounters, changes in research interest and some very interesting results. Initially it is the very fruitful interaction of Ecology and Geolog...

Energy

Michael B. McElroy

Management, Recycling and Reuse of Waste Composites

Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues

Thomas V. Cech

How much water does the world need to support growing human populations? What factors influence water quality, droughts, floods, and waterborne diseases? What are the potential effects of climate ...

Igneous Rocks and Processes

Robin Gill

This book is for geoscience students taking introductory or intermediate-level courses in igneous petrology, to help develop key skills (and confidence) in identifying igneous minerals, interpreti...

Marine Ecological Processes

Elements of Physical Oceanography is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd Edition and serves as an important reference on current physical oceanography knowledge and expertise i...

Marine Ecological Processes

Elements of Physical Oceanography is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd Edition and serves as an important reference on current physical oceanography knowledge and expertise i...

Remote Sensing of Glaciers

Carbonates in Continental Settings

This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organizat...

Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Tectonics, Global Change and Evolution

The book deals with the record of important Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic events in southwestern Gondwana, that heralded the Cambrian explosion and the dawn of modern ecosystems. It contains ...

Hydrometeorology

Kevin Sene

Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change

Australia's unique biodiversity is under threat from a rapidly changing climate. Theeffects of climate change are already discernible at all levels of biodiversity - genes,species, communities...